The Tell-Tale Trolley

Stefan Collini

  • Townscape with Figures: Farnham, Portrait of an English Town by Richard Hoggart
    Chatto, 205 pp, £16.99, June 1994, ISBN 0 7011 6138 8

Walking along the main street of Famham one afternoon, Richard Hoggart was accosted by a drunk. He didn’t ask for money or spit ill-focused abuse. ‘I know who you are.’ he slurred, ‘and I’ve got one question for you. Who’s the better writer, you or Raymond Williams?’

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